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Re: Unnamed Chiefs player commits suicide at team facility

reply to BigReds42
The couple had argued over relationship and financial issues for months before the tragic events unfolded on Saturday. The Chiefs were aware of the off-field issues that their 25-year-old linebacker was having and "were bending over backwards" to help Belcher, Police Sgt. Richard Sharp said.

The couple argued early Saturday morning after Perkins attended a Trey Songz concert and had drinks with friends, while Belcher reportedly "partied" in Kansas City's Power & Light District. Belcher was angry that Perkins had been out so late and ended up sleeping in his own car. Police woke Belcher up at 7 a.m. and considered him fit to drive himself home. Upon his arrival, Belcher and Perkins argued again, with Belcher's mother hearing her son say something along the lines of "You can't talk to me like that" before pulling the trigger.

Seconds after fatally shooting his longtime girlfriend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher leaned over her in their master bathroom, said he was sorry and kissed her on the forehead.

His mother, who heard gunfire as she stood in the kitchen, rushed to her son's bedroom and watched his remorseful goodbye.

Belcher apologized to his mother, kissed his 3-month-old daughter and fled his rented home in the 5400 block of Crysler Avenue in his Bentley.

The report goes on to state that Belcher drove the five miles to the team's headquarters, where he met Pioli in the parking lot. Belcher exited his vehicle with a gun pointed at his head and told Pioli that he had killed his girlfriend.

Belcher, who signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Maine, thanked Pioli for all he had done for him and asked that he and owner Clark Hunt look after his daughter.

Pioli and Crennel attempted to dissuade Belcher from committing suicide, but as police closed in, Belcher reportedly said "I got to go...I can't be here" before kneeling down behind a vehicle, making the sign of the cross and firing a single bullet into his head.

»sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutd···nfl.html

reply to BigReds42
Along with the new details of the night that led up to the horrible crime came a report that Belcher was arrested for criminal mischief while attending the University of Maine.

The Chiefs football player was carousing in downtown Kansas City with a woman other than his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins, a law enforcement official close to the investigation told Sports Illustrated.

Belcher, 25, and the unnamed woman became separated at some point, but he went to her apartment complex to meet up with her. She wasn’t there, but two of her neighbors let the intoxicated Belcher sleep in their apartment, they said.

The neighbors woke Belcher for a team meeting Saturday morning, as he instructed them to do, and he returned home to argue with Perkins, 22, before shooting her and himself.

During his college days, Belcher was cited after a University of Maine police officer responded to a call at a hall on campus and found him with cuts on his hand and arm, according to a 2006 police report. The gridiron star was hurt after punching a window because he was upset over a girl, the officer was told.

»www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa···E83zAodQ

reply to Draiman

Just throw everyone in jail and throw away the key! I mean my uncle lost his license for 1 year the first time and 1 1/2 years the second time yet he still managed to try to commit suicide 6 times over a 10 year period finally succeeding the last time. There's not much you can do no matter how 'serious' you are. If you apply this to the actual thread we are discussing a driver license suspended wouldn't have changed anything! No idea what a DUI or DUI punishment has to do with addiction or even this thread since there was no DUI. As much as I love the failed sidebar discussion I'd much rather stick to the thread topic. DUI stuff can be covered in a new thread if you want to start one.
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reply to BigReds42
If this topic is going to devolve into a general discussion of drinking and laws it won't be a sports topic any more. I already split off part of it that started to get into gun laws so it could stay on topic. Let's stick to the sports aspect of it. Thanks.
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reply to BigReds42
From the KCPD....Audio turns on at approx 4:57 mark

reply to sailor
Paternity dispute led to murder/suicide:
»www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/14/pa···+Text%29